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From the screech of dial-up modems to the whirring of floppy disks, these iconic computer sounds take us on a journey back in time.

No PC is truly silent, but your computer shouldn’t be noisier than your lawnmower. If you have to turn up your music just to drown out the whirring or grinding noises your computer makes, you may want ...